Patents by Inventor Joshua M. Basler

Joshua M. Basler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH TEXTURED JAWS
    Publication number: 20210100605
    Abstract: An electrosurgical system includes an RF current generator, a handle body, and an end effector in mechanical communication with the handle body. The end effector has a first jaw including a first electrode having a first electrode surface in electrical communication with a first terminal of the generator. The end effector also includes a second jaw including a second electrode having an essentially planar second electrode surface in electrical communication with a second terminal of the generator The first jaw includes at least one feature configured to apply an amount of a compressive force to a tissue compressed between the at least one feature and the second electrode surface that differs from an amount of a compressive force applied to the tissue compressed between the first electrode surface and the second electrode surface when the first jaw is placed in a proximate position to the second jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ellen M. Renner, Kevin A. Bash, Joshua M. Basler, Christopher Q. Seow
  • Electrosurgical instrument with textured jaws
    Patent number: 10799284
    Abstract: An electrosurgical system includes an RF current generator, a handle body, and an end effector in mechanical communication with the handle body. The end effector has a first jaw including a first electrode having a first electrode surface in electrical communication with a first terminal of the generator. The end effector also includes a second jaw including a second electrode having an essentially planar second electrode surface in electrical communication with a second terminal of the generator The first jaw includes at least one feature configured to apply an amount of a compressive force to a tissue compressed between the at least one feature and the second electrode surface that differs from an amount of a compressive force applied to the tissue compressed between the first electrode surface and the second electrode surface when the first jaw is placed in a proximate position to the second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Ellen M. Renner, Kevin A. Bash, Joshua M. Basler, Christopher Q. Seow
  • ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH TEXTURED JAWS
    Publication number: 20180263683
    Abstract: An electrosurgical system includes an RF current generator, a handle body, and an end effector in mechanical communication with the handle body. The end effector has a first jaw including a first electrode having a first electrode surface in electrical communication with a first terminal of the generator. The end effector also includes a second jaw including a second electrode having an essentially planar second electrode surface in electrical communication with a second terminal of the generator The first jaw includes at least one feature configured to apply an amount of a compressive force to a tissue compressed between the at least one feature and the second electrode surface that differs from an amount of a compressive force applied to the tissue compressed between the first electrode surface and the second electrode surface when the first jaw is placed in a proximate position to the second jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ellen M. Renner, Kevin A. Bash, Joshua M. Basler, Christopher Q. Seow